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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDMOND ArWAnnEN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a'new and improved Paper-Ruling Machine, and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms afull and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others of'a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent. l,

This invention relates to a new and improved-machine for ruling paper; and it consists of a rotating cylinder provided with nippers to'grasp and hold the sheets of paper to be ruled, and also provided with adjustable cams, the above parts being used in connection with a pen-beam, and all constructed and arranged to operate as hereinafter fully shown and described.

The invention further consists in a novel and improved arrangement of conveying or carrying-cords, whereby the ruled paper is convcyedfrom the rotating cylinder, in which it'is ruled, to the box or receptacle prepared to receive it, without the liability of being blurred or smudged, the device at the same time being very compact. In the accompanyngsheet of drawings- 'Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is a side sectional view of my invention taken in the line :u ze, fig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of thesame.

Figure 3, Sheet No. 2, asection of a portion of the same taken in the line y y, fig. 1.

Figure 4, a section of g. 3 taken in the line e z, and looking in the direction of the arrows 1.

Figure 5, a section of fig. 3 taken in the line a." az.

Figure 6, a section of fig. 3 taken in the line ce, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The main frame o f the machine is composed of two uprights, A A, in which the shaft B of a cylinder, C, has its bearings. This cylinder is covered with a suitable cloth, and has two longitudinal openings, a at,l made in it, extending its whole lengthwith a shaft, D, fitted in each opening, and having two ngers orjaws, E E, thereon. Each shaft D has a spiral spring, F, upon it, and these springs havea tendency to keep the fingers E in contact with or upon the periphery of the cylinder, which position is shown in fig. 1, Eachshaft D has an arm,.G, attached to its outer end, and these arms, as the cylinderl C rotates, come in contact with a fixed cam, H, secured to the inner'side of the opposite upright A of the frame, and cause the shafts D to be turned, and the fingers E to be raised at the proper time, so that they may receive the edges ofthe sheets, the fingers, under the influence of the springs F, closing at the proper time to clutch the edges of the sheets as the arms leave or pass the fixed cam H. I is an inclined feedboard, from which the sheets of paper are fed to the cylinder C. This feed-board has two parallel bars, b b, attached to it, which project beyond the lower edge of the feed-board, and a short distance above the inner part of the feedboardthere is fitted, insuitable bearings,.aj shaft, J, having two arms or iingers, K K, attached to it, which are kept in "cont-act with the ends of the hars b b by a spring, I., attached to a crank, c, at one end of shaft J, and to one ofthe uprights A. This shaft .I has an arm, M, attached to it, the lower end of which projects within the line of rotation of two cams, N N, secured to one end of the cylinder C by set-screws d, which pass through curved slots e, in the plates of the cams, into the end of the cylinder, and admit of the adjustment of the cams,` as will be fully understood by referring to iig. 6. The outer surfaces of the cams N N are lushi with the peripheries of the Iheads or ends of the cylinder C, and said cams are made with their outer edges oblique, which gives them a taper form longitudinally, as shown clearly in tig. 2. These cams NN come in contact with the arm M, as the cylinder C rotates, and cause the shaft J to be turned suiiiciently to raise the fingers K K, and admit, at the proper' time, the sheet to pass to the open or raised fingers Eof the shafts D D. Justin front of the shaftJ the pen-beam O is placed, said beam being attached to a shaft, P, the bearings of which are in the upper part of the uprightsA A. The pens Q, which may be of the usual construction, are kept in contact with the paper on the 'cylinder C by a spring, R, the lowerend of which is secured to one of the uprights A, Aand the upper end attached to an arm, e, on one end of the shaft P. This shaft P also has an arm, S, attached to it, the lower end of which extends down within the path of the movement of cams T, attached to the end of the cylinder C opposite to the end where the camsl r N N are attached. These cams are also mad-e of taper form, and they may be adjusted further incr out from thc centre of the cylinder, on account of their Shanks being provided with oblong slotsf, through 'which setscrews TX pass into the end of thc cylinder. These cams, as the cylinder C rotates, come in contact with the arm S, and raise the pens Q at the proper time, corresponding to the blank portions or spaces to be left on the sheets, and these spaces may be runde of greater or less length byadjusting the arm-S on the shaft P so that a. greater or less surface of thc cams T may act upon the arm. The same may be said of the arm M, which is also adjustableonfthc shaft J for the purpose of regulating the raising of the fingers K K. U (see more particularly fig. 1) represents a series of cords, which pass over a small roller, V,.above the cylinder C, around a roller, W, near thc-front part of the base of the machine, and over and under rollers Y Y', at the discharge end of the base. (See fig. 1.) U represents cords, which pass over a roller, Z, above roller W, and around a roller, Z', in front of roller W, and around the roller Y. The cords U U convey the sheets from the cylinder C to` the box or receptacle prepared to receive them, and, in order to prevent the smudging of the ruled sheets, the roller W may be covered by blotting-paper or other absorbent material. The cords U U are driven byv a. belt, A',

from the cylinder C.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire t'o secure by Letters Patent 1. The rotating cylinder C, provided with shafts D D, having fingers E, to grasp the sheets of paper to be ruled, in connection withrthe pen-bca1n O, provided with pens Q, and all arranged to operate in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The adjustable cams N, at one end of the cylinder C, in connection with the arm M, on the shaft J, provided with fingers K K for presenting the sheets to the cylinder C, substantially as shown and described.

3. The adjustable cams T, at one end of the cylinder C, in connection with the arm S on shaft P, having the pen-beam O attached, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The cords U U', arranged in relation with the cylinder C, and working, respectively, over the rollers Z Z YV Y Y V, to operate substantially in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 24th day of June, 1867.

.EDMOND A. WARREN.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, J. A. SnnvrcE. 

